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22 Cards in this Set
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White Temple, Uruk 3200-3000 BCE Early city Belived to be with Abraham |
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Head of a Woman 3300-3000 BCE Queen of Heaven God of love and war and fire unibrow large eyes=omniscient all seeing |
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Warka Vase 3300-3000 BCE Destroyed in Iraqi war 3 registers like an ancient comic book |
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Eshnunna Statuettes 2700 BCE Votive Figures praying stylized statues |
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Great Lyre with Bulls Head 2600-2500 BCE Gold and Lapis Lazuli stylized beard |
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Standard of Ur 2600-2400 BCE a medium large stone work art war vs. peace ruler chariots |
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Akkadian Ruler 2300-2200 BCE Iraqi War Bronze bust maybe Sargon Stylized beard |
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin 2254-2218 BCE In the Louvre Commissioned by Naram-Sin |
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Gudea 2100 BE in the Louvre Youthful face, strong arms fountain of two rivers |
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Ziggurat, Ur 2100 BCE during Gudea's Lifetime made of stone, longer lasting |
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Stele of Hammurabi 1780 BCE |
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Lion Gate 1400 BCE Middle East destroyed Babylon at the entrance of the city |
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Lamassu 720-705 BCE |
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Ashurbanipal II Hunting Lions |
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Enemies Crossing the Euphrates to Escape Assyrian Archers 875-860 BCE |
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Ishtar Gate 575 BCE |
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Persepolis, Palace of Darius and Xerxes 521-465 BCE |
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Cella |
a main room for worship, statue of God inside, atop Ziggurat and in later structures |
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Diorite |
very strong stone doesn't deteriorate very difficult only rulers |
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Hypostyle Hall |
a forrest of Columns to hold up the ceiling |
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Relief sculpture |
a sculpture that is still connected to its original slab of stone, it is dug out of the side, but not a stand alone figure |
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Zoroastrian |
first monotheistic religion |
